June 2024 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
This issue is jam-packed full of leading health systems and their audacious supply chain goals.
For AdventHealth, it’s sustainability. In October 2022, AdventHealth signed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Sector Climate Pledge – a commitment to reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and to get to net zero by 2050. Scope 1 emissions include direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources that an organization owns or controls directly, while Scope 2 emissions include indirect purchased energy that comes from the energy an organization purchases and uses.
AdventHealth is going even further in its work to curb Scope 3 emissions, which are other indirect emissions. These emissions come from upstream and downstream operations, including supplies, purchased services, investments and business travel. Marisa Farabaugh, senior vice president and Chief Supply Chain Officer for AdventHealth, says the health system has been working with its suppliers to collect data measuring Scope 3 emissions to help understand their decarbonization initiatives.
For Bon Secours Mercy Health, it’s data. Dan Hurry, president of Advantus Health Partners and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Bon Secours Mercy Health, told JHC that over the last few years, Advantus has partnered with SupplyCopia to develop a platform that will glean insights from several million lines of data. “We’ve never had this kind of speed to an answer,” Hurry said.
And for Banner Health, it’s workplace safety for its caregivers. Banner is currently launching a multi-year journey on becoming a high reliability organization (HRO) to meet its safety and quality and efficiency goals. This work includes several new system wide initiatives that encompasses cultural changes, education in HRO principles, continuous improvement, teamwork and communication, accountability, transparency, reliability, and psychological safety. “This work will bring Banner closer to our mission of Making Healthcare Easier, So Life Can Be Better,” said Denise Robson, Clinical Supply Program senior director, Supply Chain Services Clinical Alignment Team.
Sustainability, data insights and workplace safety are just a few of the myriad of challenges supply chain leaders are working to solve. Are you and your team working on something transformative? We want to hear about it! Email me at jpritchard@sharemovingmedia.com and we may feature you and your team in an upcoming issue.